Dear Beloved WOW! I’m lost for words... The past 17 days have been amazing! Hard to believe that so much can happen in such a short time. I’ve experienced people, places, circumstances & opinions which have touched me to my very core. I’ve fallen in love with God’s world, God’s people & God’s heart. I’ve been blessed with new eyes. Egypt: A nation in need of hope & salvation, without realising it. A country oblivious of the beauty they have been blessed with. Living among the people gave me new appreciation for my beloved country, my beloved people & our...
Participant Blogs
Global Challenge Missions Blog Archive: These are real blogs, from real people, bringing real change...
Uncertain future, certain God.
Our journey back to South Africa was undoubtedly paved by the hand of the Father. The moment we heard the seriousness of Corona, we as teams were called to meet together at a central place in Brazil - a house in the mountains near a very small town. ...
Led to Lead
I'm leading a team this year! In less than four years God has come and radically changed my life for the better. I believe that each and every single one of us are led to lead. In other words Christ leads us to lead others to him. What a privil...
Would you jump with me?
I remember standing at the edge of a cliff. Looking out at the big wide blue ocean. Looking down and seeing a beautiful scary blue unknown. My heart pounding in my chest like the sound of an epic climactic drum solo. Should I jump? Should i let go of...
Into the nations
Hello, my name is Johan Bruwer. I am on the brink of a 10-month journey where I will see and be a part of the establishment of God’s kingdom in the nations. I believe that the great commission is not an option to be considered, but it is a command to...
Discovering God
After finishing a blog on how God changed my mindset, about things I did not like doing and showing me other wise, I was not convinced that that was what I was supposed to share. After some amazing teachings this past few days and spending some...
"The land of smiles"
Thailand!! Wow it's an incredible place! Filled with beauties that only seeing in person can be understood! It definitely lives up to its phrase "the land of smiles" everyone here is just amazing. This country is special for me! We started in Bangkok...
Hidden World in The World
And just like that we were saying our good bye's and getting on a plane, watching South Africa disappear beneath us and bidding it farewell for the next 8 months. Hidden World is officially in the nations. It still seems unreal to us. 8 weeks ago we ...
Thanking food friends
An exciting update from the GLA eco campus construction site! We would like to give a shout out to the small businesses in Jeffrey's Bay- Beesland Slaghuis, Vyeboom Takeaway, RS Fruit and Veg (Croix Street) and Mengelmoes Kardoes We would like to th...
Break an Egg, Build a School!
The Global Challenge Expeditions Team of 2015 has created an initiative to increase financial support, called the Break an Egg, Build a School Challenge . This challenge is to create a video of you breaking an egg in a creative way and donate at www....
For the last few days the Red and Silver team have split up on the Tibetan plateau, serving the only Christians in two little towns renowned for their Buddhist monasteries. They served in two little café’s and interacting and sharing the gospel with visitors. I stayed a few days with both teams, this is a story of a single Christian Chinese lady living in a small little town. 3500 meters above sea level. For the purpose of her safety, we'll leave her name unknown. She runs a little restaurant in town. No running water...
Wow! A land that made us and broke us!.... The Churchof God Wirld Missions is a tight run ship with little room for floundering - which is a great thing really... a vision was revealed and the team are running full steam ahead with that which God revealed... AMEN! What a privaledge to be part of such a dynamic ministry! We all grew and grew tired - truly experieced what it meant to be living off the Holy Spirits overflow!!!! Our schedule was as follows: Morning: House to house evangelism (this is composed of few priorities: the handing...
Going Global in New Zealand Acknowledging the best PA in the World, Surita Heyden ( The Dragon Lady )! Thank you for all the networking you did for Global Challenge Expeditions in New Zealand!! Surita and Clara We had the opportunity to share the love of Jesus, testify about his great works in the Nations and in our lives, share about the ministry of Global Challenge Expeditions and proclaim the truth on the national radio, Radio Rhema. Laurel McCulloch was our talk host and with great excitement we realized she was our childhood hero!! Laurel was the presenter of...
Break my heart for what breaks yours Ps. 78:37 “Their Hearts were not loyal to Him; they were not faithful to his Covenant” I won’t to share a little bit from this last 6 weeks in South Africa , a new Global Challenge Year started, but this year much bigger with more expeditions, GCEX One Year, Explore Africa, Hidden World and Work Your Way. During this last 6 weeks we had different teachings and Challenges, one of our teachings was Veritas 1 and Donovan ( my last year Expedition leader ) was...
<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> July 2010 So there I sat in a living room in Addis Ababa listening to the story of a JUST adopted kid from Ethiopia. His adoptive parents had to prolong their stay a few times to wait for the adoption to be approved. Their boy was clasified as a Mingy (cursed/dirty) boy. He's punishment would have been death. But God saved him – hisbiological parents protected him against all advice. And now he's on his way to start a new life with LIVING hope and new parents...
Expectations shattered!!! Everyone had some form of preconceived idea before embarking on this journey (even if it was just letting your mind run away with it for a few seconds), but man... was that far of from reality! There is so much distractions in the world we live in today, most of the time that we're not even aware of. But it is in times like these that you realize what true intimacy with our Savior Jesus Christ is, when He is all you have to hold on to. Immanuel orphanage has been such a touching time so far. The...
EXPLORE AFRICA TEAM LOviNg Zanzibar!!! Eating EXOTIC Fruit Making Exotic Food and finally... ENJOYING EXTREMELY EXOTIC FOOD... the Zanzi-way!!! LOVING AFRICA!!!!
The story of Biko When I arrived in the small Lesotho village of Hlakoti for the first time years ago I met Biko… It took me some time to get all my thoughts in order about our time in Lesotho. When we arrived this time around, I remembered my first visit to this small village named Hlakoti. A boy came towards me and I recognized him as one of the older boys that has been there since the first time I took a team there 4 years ago. The scene played in my mind of when the nurse told me...
Hey everybody my name is Freddy and I want to tell you a bit about myself. I grew up in a small town called Riebeeckstad, but I attended Grey College and AHS Kroonstad in my high school career. I worshipped rugby my whole life until I met the Lord in grade 11. My whole life changed and so did my dreams. I have a passion for Jesus and I have a passion to spread the Gospel. My life changed in so many ways and I came to a piont in my life where I can't imagine myself not working for...
